Johnson, Angela

After a terrible accident, Scotty feels responsible for the death of someone she hardly knew and struggles with her own reality while her friends and family deal with their own troubles, but the prospect of a boy and a dance add positive possibility back into Scotty's life.

Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.

When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day.

A collection of poems narrated by a young woman who is reunited with her mother for a few days after being separated for years.

A collection of short stories in which young people extend help to those around them while trying to find hopeful answers to life's problems.

A collection of poems reminiscent of growing up as an African-American girl in Shorter, Alabama.

The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.

A series of candid reflections by the youngest of three sisters on her daily relationships with her older sisters and family.

On the leaving morning, a child watches for the moving men, has a cup of cocoa in the deli across the street, and leaves lip marks on the window of the apartment before departing for the new home.

Ali discovers that there is someone else that thinks snakes are beautiful and loves them as much as she does.